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So all these indiana players are no name after thought type guys?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:51 pm
They look unbeatable. Is cignetti the best coach ever? How the hell does this happen?
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:52 pm to Themicah86
They are all 23 year old men, playing against boys.
ETA: Their Strength & Conditioning program appears elite as well.
ETA: Their Strength & Conditioning program appears elite as well.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:53 pm to Themicah86
Saban assistant
Learned from the best.
Cignetti on Learning from Saban: "I felt after one year with Coach Saban, I learned more about how to run a program than I maybe did the previous 27 as an assistant coach".
Cignetti on Saban's Influence: "I probably think about it every day, to be quite honest with you... And I think, philosophically, the program that we run here is probably a lot more the same than different from Alabama's".
Saban on Cignetti's Belief: Saban noted Cignetti's willingness to take a lower-level head coaching job, saying, "it tells you a lot about the belief he had in himself that he would take a job at that level at a place that hadn't had great success".
Cignetti on "The Blueprint": Cignetti implemented "the Blueprint" (Saban's "Process") at Indiana, focusing on discipline and program standards, which led to rapid success,.
Shared Philosophy: Cignetti's approach mirrors Saban's emphasis on player evaluation, toughness, and high standards, using principles learned in Tuscaloosa to build successful programs elsewhere.
Learned from the best.
Cignetti on Learning from Saban: "I felt after one year with Coach Saban, I learned more about how to run a program than I maybe did the previous 27 as an assistant coach".
Cignetti on Saban's Influence: "I probably think about it every day, to be quite honest with you... And I think, philosophically, the program that we run here is probably a lot more the same than different from Alabama's".
Saban on Cignetti's Belief: Saban noted Cignetti's willingness to take a lower-level head coaching job, saying, "it tells you a lot about the belief he had in himself that he would take a job at that level at a place that hadn't had great success".
Cignetti on "The Blueprint": Cignetti implemented "the Blueprint" (Saban's "Process") at Indiana, focusing on discipline and program standards, which led to rapid success,.
Shared Philosophy: Cignetti's approach mirrors Saban's emphasis on player evaluation, toughness, and high standards, using principles learned in Tuscaloosa to build successful programs elsewhere.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:56 pm to bamaFanNky
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Saban assistant
Learned from the best.
Cignetti on Learning from Saban: "I felt after one year with Coach Saban, I learned more about how to run a program than I maybe did the previous 27 as an assistant coach".
Cignetti on Saban's Influence: "I probably think about it every day, to be quite honest with you... And I think, philosophically, the program that we run here is probably a lot more the same than different from Alabama's".
Saban on Cignetti's Belief: Saban noted Cignetti's willingness to take a lower-level head coaching job, saying, "it tells you a lot about the belief he had in himself that he would take a job at that level at a place that hadn't had great success".
Cignetti on "The Blueprint": Cignetti implemented "the Blueprint" (Saban's "Process") at Indiana, focusing on discipline and program standards, which led to rapid success,.
Shared Philosophy: Cignetti's approach mirrors Saban's emphasis on player evaluation, toughness, and high standards, using principles learned in Tuscaloosa to build successful programs elsewhere.
Saban never had this kind of success with a roster as bare as his. Hell he didnt win playoff games this dominantly with a team full of 5 stars
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:00 pm to Themicah86
Their players were no name out of high school. Then after playing and transferring through multiple schools proving they could play Cignetti grabbed them from the portal. It’s not like he took a few years of organic schmuck recruits and turned them into world beaters.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:02 pm to SquatchDawg
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Their players were no name out of high school. Then after playing and transferring through multiple schools proving they could play Cignetti grabbed them from the portal. It’s not like he took a few years of organic schmuck recruits and turned them into world beaters.
Lulz they're mostly 3 stars. He has like 7 4 stars on the entire team.
I think Cignetti sold his soul to the devil, this is unprecedented.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:05 pm to SidewalkTiger
They were 3 stars out of high school….which for a lot of these guys was 5 or 6 years ago. He cherry picked the best older experienced players from the portal.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:06 pm to SquatchDawg
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They were 3 stars out of high school….which for a lot of these guys was 5 or 6 years ago. He cherry picked the best older experienced players from the portal.
They get re-ranked when they go in the portal. Again, these aren't great players that everyone wanted, generally.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:11 pm to Themicah86
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Saban never had this kind of success with a roster as bare as his. Hell he didnt win playoff games this dominantly with a team full of 5 stars
That 21-0 national championship gane wrecked a whole state for 20 years.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:12 pm to Themicah86
Also do not discount this going forward:
They are playing against teams that can no longer stack blue-chip depth 3-4 deep that practices and competes against itself every day.
They very well coached, older players playing against teams sprinkled with talent but not loaded with it. So their niche works for now.
That Indiana looks on the hoof like every single Indiana team prior to NIL. It hits different because we are watching a different product now.
They are playing against teams that can no longer stack blue-chip depth 3-4 deep that practices and competes against itself every day.
They very well coached, older players playing against teams sprinkled with talent but not loaded with it. So their niche works for now.
That Indiana looks on the hoof like every single Indiana team prior to NIL. It hits different because we are watching a different product now.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:14 pm to captdalton
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That 21-0 national championship gane wrecked a whole state for 20 years.
Im not an lsu fan and damn sure not a Louisiana native. Im just saying. Look at the score to the bama game and this one. These are 22 guys that were shuffling between the old dominion and UMass offers they received.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:15 pm to SidewalkTiger
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They get re-ranked when they go in the portal. Again, these aren't great players that everyone wanted, generally
You dumb shite.
They don’t know how to evaluate 22 and 23 year old 5th and 6th year players versus 17 and 18 year old freshmen.
But you have latched on to the 24/7 transfer rankings and once you latch on you can’t let go.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:16 pm to captdalton
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You dumb shite.
They don’t know how to evaluate 22 and 23 year old 5th and 6th year players versus 17 and 18 year old freshmen.
But you have latched on to the 24/7 transfer rankings and once you latch on you can’t let go.
I guess you don't understand that everyone has seniors and super seniors
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:21 pm to SidewalkTiger
I do. While you blindly post 24/7 roster talent composites.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:22 pm to Themicah86
[img]So all these indiana players are no name after thought type guys?[/img]
Have watched them all year. They have 8-9 guys that will be drafted.
That’s not after thought.
Have watched them all year. They have 8-9 guys that will be drafted.
That’s not after thought.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:22 pm to SidewalkTiger
Of course they do. But their whole team isn’t comprised of 23 yr olds that are on their 3rd stop. I’d love to see how many starters for Indiana were actually recruited by Indiana out of HS.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:22 pm to captdalton
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I do. While you blindly post 24/7 roster talent composites.
Are you suggesting that blue chip ratio doesn't matter?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:23 pm to SidewalkTiger
Do it. You know you want to. Post that Alabama has the 2nd most talented roster. You have done it 100 times at least. Go ahead.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:24 pm to captdalton
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Do it. You know you want to. Post that Alabama has the 2nd most talented roster. You have done it 100 times at least. Go ahead.
This has nothing to do with Alabama at all. Are you okay?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:24 pm to SquatchDawg
He just figured out how to win at modern college football. Just brains.
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